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Monday, July 24, 2017

Witchcraft is Not Pretty

Witchcraft is trending in plague-like fashion, spreading a deadly contaminant to the soul. At least with small pox or the Ebola virus, people have the sense to cordon it off and seek annihilation. “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell,” (Matt 10:28). “Be not afraid," is good
advice when you give God control. Otherwise be afraid.

Since reports
of celebrities indulging in the occult have become rampant, so too should
be prayers and warnings against it. It's not cute or harmless even if it has become stylish. Too many people look up to celebrities
because they can sing or act or wear clothing well. We should be more
discerning and pity those poor stars that have fallen from grace.

Just recently, singer Lana
Del Rayconfirmed
in an interview that she loves the occult and attempted to cast a spell on
Donald Trump last February. At that
time, exorcists
warned against playing with such fire.

Del Ray said: “I’m in line with Yoko [Ono] and John [Lennon]
and the belief that there’s a power to the vibration of a thought. Your
thoughts are very powerful things and they become words, and words become
actions, and actions lead to physical charges.”

Certainly words and thoughts
are powerful things. So why then, call on the devil? Nothing good ever comes of
that.

This recent
article explains that the devil is a stalker. Once you start a relationship
with him, he does not leave of his own accord. After all, accessing the devil’s power
leaves one indebted to him. And if friendship with the devil is such that giving him the cold shoulder is to no avail, an exorcist and/or deliverance
team may need to be called in. However, that should not be the first response since
the Catholic Church offers an arsenal of spiritual weapons with which to do battle such as the sacraments, prayer, the rosary, adoration, and sacramentals.

The Power of
Spells

Spells can have power, according toFather Vincent Lampert, the designated exorcist
for the archdiocese of Indianapolis since 2005. “I think there’s power, but
it’s not coming from God,” he said. “Anyone who would dare say they want to
challenge God, should realize that we can’t use the devil; the devil uses us.
People can’t control it and the devil ends up using them for his own purposes.”

Spells, according to Father Lampert, only have an
effect in people who are spiritually weak. If we are anchored in God, he said
Scripture tells us we have nothing to fear. “Put on the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not
wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places,” (Ephesians 6:10-18).

The Solution

“You can’t stop someone from placing a curse, but
as a Christian, if you are you praying to God and going to him, the curse will
have no power,” Father Lampert said. For Catholics, he said going to Mass,
receiving the Eucharist and going to Confession, is strong protection against
evil. “Curses are effective when people are weak,” Father Lampert explained.

As for those casting the spell, Father Lampert
said they are relying on evil that feeds on anger and revenge. “People will be
to find themselves more deeply entangled with the devil,” he said. “Their lives
will continue to spiral out of control because they do not have God as an
anchor.”

Prayers for protection against spells are very
effective, according to Father Lampert, but we should not just be reactionary.
“We should always be proactive in our faith and praying for our leaders­­—both
civic and religious—as a normal part of our everyday action,” he said. “I would
hate to think our faith is just reactionary. Scripture tells us to pray
unceasingly.”

Alexander House

Patti Maguire Armstrong

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